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Manufacturers Index - Custanite Corp.

Custanite Corp.
Brooklyn, NY; Larchmont, NY, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

History
Last Modified: Sep 12 2023 12:17PM by joelr4
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Custanite Corp. is best-known as the makers of the Kant-Twist clamp. In 1954 the firm manufactured the Model B Prestoflex Varijaw speed vise, a cam-locking complex multi-angle machine vise. Franklin E. Leow was company president in 1979. By then called Custanite Precision, Inc., the company closed between Mar. 31, 2001 and June 14, 2002.

From March 1958 Popular Mechanics
  • American Machinist, Vol. 98, No. 25, Nov. 22, 1954, Pg. 188
  • Agency Sales Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 5, May 1979, Pg. 39.